Hammer.



J. E. PENDERGAST.

HAMMER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1913.

1,215,980. Patented Feb. 13,1917.

HAMMER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 113, 191?.

Application filed May 14, 1913. Serial No. 767,695.

State of Montana, have invented a new and useful'Hammer, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a hammer and has for its primary object the provision of means for securely connecting the handle and head.

The further object of the invention isthe provision of a head having such a shape as to easily pull nails.

A still further object is the provision of a screw driver connected or secured to the hammer head.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and .in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Fig. 2'is a longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view.

Fig. -5 is a detail of the wedge.

Fig. 6 is a detailof the screw-driver.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the handle of usual construction and 2 the head provided with the usual driving extension 3 and the claws 4. The top of the head is substantially semi-circular in shape as shown at 5 and an opening 6 extends transversely through the head.

Notches 7 are formed in the top edge of.

the head and wedges 8 having the extensions or lugs 9 are driven into the end of the handle and the extensions or lugs 9 will engage in'the notches 7 formed in the head. A pin 10 extends transversely through the head and handle and as clearly shown in Figs. 4 and6 one end of this pin 10 is threaded as shown at 11 and is adapted to screw into the head. The opposite end of the pin is beveled as shown at 12 to form a screw driver. A pin 13 may be inserted into the end of the pin 10 and the head 2 in order to prevent the pin 10 from turning when being used as a screw driver.

It will be readily seen that by providing the semi-circular top 5 on the head it will act as a fulcrum in drawing nails. This will do away with the usual method of placing a block under the head when drawing nails. The opening 6 is used for drawing nails in which the heads have been broken ofi and this is done by inserting the end of the nail into the opening and by twisting the head the nail will be bent and can be easily withdrawn. This opening can also be used for bending wire in various uses. As above stated the pin 10 being beveled on one end 7 can be used as a screw driver. The wedges 8 being provided with the extensions 9, the extensions can be engaged in a vise or other device for removing the wedges. This is of particular advantage when the handle has become broken and it is desired to insert a new one; After the wedges have been removed the pin 10 is removed and it will therefore be seen that the handle, can be easily taken out of the head and a new handle inserted.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, a toolhead having an opening and provided with opposed superficial notches; a handle in the opening; and a wedge in the handle, the wedge having opposed, straight, rigid lugs disposed in the plane of the wedge at right angles to the axis of the handle and including parallel end faces of the same area as the cross section of the lugs, the end faces of the lugs lying outwardly beyond the side faces of the head, whereby the end faces of the lugs may be gripped between the jaws of a vise, independently of the head, the lugs being received in the notches to hold the lugs in outstanding relation to the side faces of the head.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as.

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